I nonchalantly threw your coat From the couch to the floor Thought how the trace Of wilted flowers and old books Crumpled like a poem Picked it up again Carefully smoothing sleeve against lapel The faded ring around the fold of cuff Snarkly whispering Into your secret hand As if you wore your dog-eared pages And I in your almost unknown thoughts Still lost
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